Comment on 'A novel 5-enolpyruvoylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase transgene for glyphosate resistance stimulates growth and fecundity in weedy rice (Oryza sativa) without herbicide' by Wang et al. (2014)

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Comment

Wim Grunewald et al. New Phytol. 2014 Apr.

. 2014 Apr;202(2):367-369.

doi: 10.1111/nph.12683.

¹ VIB, The Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Rijvisschestraat 120, 9052, Gent, Belgium.

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Keywords: EPSPS; Wang et al. (2014); genetically modified organism (GMO); glyphosate; rice.

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Using a single transgenic event to infer fitness effects in crop-weed hybrids: a reply to the Letter by Grunewald & Bury (2014).
Lu BR, Snow AA, Yang X, Wang W. Lu BR, et al. New Phytol. 2014 Apr;202(2):370-372. doi: 10.1111/nph.12748. New Phytol. 2014. PMID: 24645785 No abstract available.

A novel 5-enolpyruvoylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase transgene for glyphosate resistance stimulates growth and fecundity in weedy rice (Oryza sativa) without herbicide.
Wang W, Xia H, Yang X, Xu T, Si HJ, Cai XX, Wang F, Su J, Snow AA, Lu BR. Wang W, et al. New Phytol. 2014 Apr;202(2):679-688. doi: 10.1111/nph.12428. Epub 2013 Aug 1. New Phytol. 2014. PMID: 23905647 Free PMC article.

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